The current study addresses the efficacy of the tutorial mode of teaching as perceived by alumni who had recently completed a 30-unit Master of Public Administration degree. Their attitudes were quite positive toward the tutorial mode. (Author)

The article reappraises initial sales training and presents a program emphasizing objectives, responsibility for training, program content, and teaching techniques. Formal Initial Responsive Sales Training System (FIRSTS) is the name of the program explored and evaluated. (Author/MW)

Fire science education has been upgraded through the establishment of a curriculum in the discipline at Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.

In eight years of operation, the Texas Association for Graduate Education and Research (TAGER) Television Instructional Network, composed of nine North Central Texas Colleges, has offered 1,132 academic courses. A total of 25,591 students have taken these courses. All instruction is live and features a talk-back system by which students may…

Presented are conference proceedings on evaluation of educational programs for emotionally disturbed children. Raphael F. Simches highlights past and future educational trends in programs for handicapped children. Fritz Redl stresses various motivations that may cause violent behavior. A systematic approach to classroom analysis via taxonomy of…

Tells how public relations firms assisted the Kent State University journalism department when enrollments increased and money became scarce. (RB)

AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION, INDUSTRIAL ARTS MUST ENGAGE IN THOSE HUMAN ACTIVITIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND HABITS OF MIND WHICH WILL BE THE INSTRUMENTS OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE AND GROWTH ON THE PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROGRAMS RELATES TO THIS POSITION BY…

Described are projected educational programs for children aged 6 and under, with implications for handicapped child education. The author's premise is that all children need to understand themselves and their world in order to understand those similar and dissimilar to them; how different children gain this understanding may differ. Educational…

A self-study program for training postsecondary vocational education teachers using 15 instructional modules is described. (EC)

Describes a program in the Department of Catering at the Polytechnic, Wolverhampton, England, in which a computer has been used by students to analyze and design menus. The teaching method is described, a sample printout is provided, and available computer programs in the dietary series are listed. (JR)

Introduces packaged learning modules in environmental and applied sciences education, general-education courses with emphases on chemistry impact on various institutions, methods of presenting homework solutions by tape cassettes, and experimental approaches to teaching of science for inservice elementary teachers in Vancouver, Canada. (CC)